@vathpela @glyph Hrm, well, now that you mention it, I think there might actually *be* a very dangerous patch distribution loophole to the GPL, I'm willing to hear that argument. Especially since I've ALSO seen an almost identical loophole used by people who ADVOCATE the gpl (see "LAME"..)
@mcc @glyph I think the argument against that is that a patch to a piece of software must be, at least in some part, a derived work. (Also I have written a lot of GPL'd software. ;)